The Pressure Altimeter: DGCA Air Navigation questions
5 sample questions from Oxford, with the correct answer shown.
Sample questions
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Question 1
The diagram below shows a simple altimeter. The parts labelled A, B, C and D are:
Question 2
In the International Standard Atmosphere, the mean sea level pressure is ......., the lapse rate of temperature ....... between MSL and ....... and is isothermal up to ....... The numbers missing are:
Question 3
An aircraft taking off from an airfield with QNH set on the altimeter has both static vents blocked by ice. As the aircraft climbs away the altimeter will:
Question 4
When flying from low pressure to high pressure, without resetting the altimeter datum, the barometric error of an altimeter will cause the instrument to:
Question 5
The errors affecting the pressure altimeter are:
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